NYC: Tornado Terror (TV 2008)

What appears to be harmless little whirlwinds and dust devils turns out to be a precursor to something a lot more deadlier and ends up threatening New York City's very existence.

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writer:

T.S. Cook

Stars:

Nicole de Boer, Sebastian Spence, Jerry Wasserman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicole de Boer	...	Cassie Lawrence (as Nicole deBoer)
Sebastian Spence	...	Jim Lawrence
Jerry Wasserman	...	Mayor Leonardo
Winston Rekert	...	Dr. Lars Liggenhorn
Colby Johannson	...	Brian Flynn
Tegan Moss	...	Lori Lawrence
Jill Morrison	...	Lucy
Matthew Harrison	...	Dr. Quinn
Paulo Ribeiro	...	Lefferts
Jennifer Copping	...	Maggie Flynn
Patricia Isaac	...	Wife #1
Richard Ian Cox	...	Herbert
Samantha Ferris	...	Lillian
Emy Aneke	...	Ken Hardsell
David Orth	...	Pilot

Storyline

An unexplained, local split in the atmosphere causes a series of total unpredictable, yet devastating tornadoes. Rookie fireman Brian Flynn gets trapped in the underground sewage with his girlfriend, deputy mayor James 'Jim' Lawrence and climatologist Dr. Cassie Lawrence's niece Lori. Mayor Leonardo of New York initially refuses to pay proper attention to the phenomenon, a 'reelection threat', so the alert status remains too low for long. Atypical lightning discovered inside tornadoes adds unprecedented dangers. The Lawrences and aeronautics renegade Dr. Lars Liggenhorn conceive a possible solution by launching rockets, but NASA's Dr. Quinn overrules them, imposing standard silver iodine.

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Plot Keywords:

new york city | nasa | dust devil | trapped in a building | unnatural phenomenon | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 October 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

New York Tornado

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fast Productions Ltd., Fast (Tornado) Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Several of the photographs downloaded from the park victim's camera show him from behind while he is shooting those same photos. The shots are just stills taken from the original scene.

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Connections

Features Madeline (1991)

User Reviews

Storm in a teacup

Stock, low-budget disaster flick in which the poor Big Apple gets yet another pasting; this time from schools of electrical tornadoes caused by disturbances in the upper atmosphere (due, surprise, surprise, to global warming) that lead emergency crews and weathermen a merry and deadly dance.

Our heroes are Deputy Mayor James Lawrence and his meteorologist wife Cassie, played with suitable gravitas by Sebastian Spence and the lovely Nicole de Boer - definitely the prettiest Trill on Deep Space Nine - who must battle not only the elements but pinheaded bureaucrats (including Lawrence's boss) in order to test Cassie's theory for a solution to the storm gangs.

Strictly rainy day fare. My vote: 4, + 1 for the chance to see Ms. de Boer again.